A German engineer, Felix Wankel, is credited with developing the world's first rotary engine in the 1950s. Wankel rotary engines use a triangular rotor spinning in a semi-oval case on an eccentric ...

For better or worse, Mazda and the rotary engine are connected like vintage champagne and Gouda cheese. The rotary has since made a comeback in the Euro-only Mazda MX-30 Skyactiv R-EV, but it has ...

FPL ENERGY AVEC, an electric power plant in Fort Fairfield, Maine burns a variety of wood waste from the area’s forest products industry. The plant uses a traveling grate spreader stoker to fire the ...

WEINHEIM, Germany—Freudenberg Sealing Technologies has developed a new rotary seal for wet-running applications and pressures up to eight bar. Named the Gerromatic, the seal is equipped with a ...

The seals used for most bearings typically go unnoticed until something goes wrong, which often results in unexpected downtime. However, as lifecycle costs and energy savings become increasingly ...

J-seals are an integral part of efficient steam turbine operation. The failure of a J-seal can cause significant damage to the turbine rotor as material migrates downstream. For that reason, plant ...

Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics is offering a new catalog that features the OmniLip rotary PTFE shaft seals. The seals are designed to handle extreme temperatures (-65F to 450F), high surface speeds ...

Trelleborg, Sweden — Trelleborg Sealing Solutions (TSS) has completed the acquisition of US-based Tritec Seal LLC, a manufacturer of engineered polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) sealing systems. The ...